华尔街的赚钱经 第84期:中国消费者与美国消费者的"较量" (1)

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　　中国消费者与美国消费者的“较量”

　　International trade data could show whether anybody else in the world is ready to replace the U.S. consumer as a global growth engine.

　　国际贸易数据显示，世界上是否有人能取代美国消费者成为全球经济增长的引擎。

　　The Census¹ Bureau is due to release March trade data on Tuesday. Economists², on average, think the U.S. recorded yet another trade deficit³ and that the gap widened to $29.7 billion from a surprising 1O-year low of $26 billion in February.

　　美国统计局预定星期二（5月12日）发布了三月的贸易数据。经济学家们普遍认为美国面临又一个贸易赤字记录，贸易逆差将从二月份惊人的260亿美元这个十年最低点扩大到297亿美元。

　　Since imports subtract from gross domestic product and exports add to it, a smaller trade gap-fewer imports and more exports-is generally good for the economy.

　　因为进口会从国内生产总值中减去，而出口要加到其中。所以，以减少进口增加出口形成较小的贸易赤字是有利于经济的。

　　February's relatively⁴ skinny deficit-which was less than half the size of the gap in October 2008-was driven partly by falling oil imports and an unexpected surge in exports.

　　二月份的贸易赤字相对减少，还不到2008年10月贸易赤字的一半，很大程度上是因为石油进口量下降和出口的意外猛增。

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